Heater.



` PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

l, D: ERSKINE.

HEATER.

Immun FILED PEB.18.1905.

HEATER..-

Speccation kof Letters 'atent.

Patented ,dipl-il 1'?, 1906,

Applie'gion filed Februaryl8,l905. Serial No. 246,331.

To IJ/Z whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JAMES D. ERSKINE, a citizen ot the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofllli'- nois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters, of which thefol lowing is a specilieation, reference being had therein to theA accomanying drawinfrs.

The invention rentes particularly to a heating mechanism designed. forincreasing the humidity in a room, utilizing not only the heat from aradiator for this purpose, but also the air-cuirents caused by the same;and it consists of a heater of any preferred type and a receptaclecontaining Water,l associated with ineens for compelling the passage ofthe hot air across the receptacle, whereby a, maximum amount oi moistureis carried' -awa into the room for the purpose set forth.

The reference-letter A represents a heater, n

which may be or' any desired construction, in this instance a radiatoroi usual forni.

B represents a shield for the radiator, of any ordinary type, having theusual section Bf, overhanging the radiator-top, asindlcated in Fig. l,and C represents a water-receptacle arranged in this case intermediatethe top of the radiator and the overhangingl portion of the shield andmounted in bearu inge, ashereinafter more fully described, for lateralor other movement,l Whereb it may be moved outwardly fromv beneath t eshield l to permit of its being cleansed and filled.

Preferably the pan is supported from 'the overhanging section B,brackets a being secured to the under face oi the shield at the endportions thereof, so vthat the pan is su bstantially the length oi" theradiator, and links l), connecting the pan ends with the brackets, asplainly illustrated in Fig. l5. The pan is thus inouentd in rockingbearings, permitting the lateral movement desired, and at the same timeis spaced from the shield and radiator-top, so as to permit theair-currents to pass over and beneath the pan. This is the desirablelocation for the pan, as it permits the heat rising from the radiator tostrike directly against the pan,

Ythereby heating its contents and the air-eur rents to pass over thewater in the pan, and thus become rnoistened, a maximum amount ofAmoisture being carried away into the rooin as fast as the water isevaporated.

lt will be obvious from the construction as described that while thebest results are ol;- tained by arran ing the pan. in the manner setforth it may e associetcd with the shield and heater in various otherways without in any manner departing, from Inv invention. lt is also tobe noticed that while the usual shield is shown as a guide for theair-currents any forni of guide that will compel the heat i ed air topass over the open top of the rece tacle will serve the purpose.

Vliet I claim as rny invention iswln a heater, the combination, with aradiator, of an overhanging shield therefor, and a laterali` -inovablewaterepan supported in movable bearings depending from the overhangingportion oi' the shield. y

In testimony vvhereoi l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES l). BlltSlflh-VE.

iflfitnesses W. H. HEFFERN, H. E. ADAMS.

